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1.2 Universal Declaration of <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong>
The experiences during World War II led to
the adoption by the United Nations General
Assembly of the Universal Declaration of
<strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> (UDHR) on December 10,
1948.
The document laid the expression of rights to
which all human beings are inherently entitled
and ensures that the States, in the exercise
of their sovereign power, will not commit
human rights atrocities resembling those that
proliferated during the Second World War.
The Universal Declaration of <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong>
as adopted by all member- states of the United
Nations for the protection and preservation of
human rights is recognized as an obligation of
all states, including the Philippines.
The UDHR serves as the foundation for a
new international order that embraces the
protection and preservation of fundamental
rights of human beings without discrimination
to race, color, sex, language, religion, political
or other opinion, national or social origin,
property, birth or other status.
Eleanor Roosevelt regarded the Universal Declaration
of <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> as her greatest accomplishment.
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin In
small places, close to home - so close and so small that they
cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the
world of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives
in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm, or office
where he works. Such are the places where every man,
woman, and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity,
equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights
have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere.
Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close
to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger
world.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Chairperson, UN <strong>Commission</strong> on HR
(Adoption of Universal Declaration of <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong>
by the General Assembly of United Nations, December
10, 1948)
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